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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2272
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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510 ILCS 45/7 |
from Ch. 8, par. 907 |
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Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a county may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons. Provides that a municipality may regulate, but not prohibit, the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons. Provides that a municipality may prohibit or regulate the housing and keeping of any pigeons other than carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons. (Now, the Act provides that neither a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants nor a county may enact an
ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or
show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a county having
3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate
the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.) Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2272 |
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LRB096 04806 JDS 14870 b |
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| AN ACT concerning animals.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act |
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| of 1993 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
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| (510 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 8, par. 907)
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| Sec. 7. A municipality may regulate, but not prohibit, the |
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| orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, and show pigeons. |
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| Any municipality may located in a county with fewer than |
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| 3,000,000
inhabitants or a county shall not enact an
ordinance |
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| which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, |
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| or
show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a |
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| county having
3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an |
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| ordinance to prohibit or regulate
the housing and keeping of |
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| any pigeons other than orderly keeping of carrier, racing, |
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| hobby, or show pigeons.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-136; 89-651, eff. 8-14-96.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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